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Abidjan -
Ireland's former president Mary Robinson will lead a panel to investigate the leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB), accused by whistleblowers of corruption, the bank said.
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Geneva -
George Floyd's shocking death in police custody in the US has sparked belated soul-searching in Switzerland over the death of a Nigerian man two years ago in Lausanne in seemingly similar circumstances.
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Kano -
The death toll from an attack by jihadists linked to the Islamic State group on a village in northeast Nigeria has risen to 69, security sources and residents said Wednesday.
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Kano -
Fighters from an IS-linked jihadist group on Tuesday killed 59 people in a raid on a herding village in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, local militia members and residents told AFP.
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Kano -
Gunmen on motorcycles killed dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, as the authorities struggle to curb the violence.
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Kano -
Armed criminals on motorcycles killed dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, medics and residents said.
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Lagos -
The collapse in oil prices linked to the coronavirus crisis has seen Nigeria's revenues from crude dry up and left Africa's largest economy more threatened than ever by its dependence on black gold.
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Lagos -
Africa's biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus lockdown.
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Paris -
Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly at the age of 79 in Paris on Thursday, his manager told AFP.
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Maiduguri -
Men and women cluster around plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling displaced persons’ camps, lathering their hands with soap under the gaze of security personnel.
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Lagos -
A large crowd jostled and cheered in the poor district of Alimosho in Nigeria's megacity Lagos as the doors of a lorry swung open to reveal hundreds of sacks of food.
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Abuja -
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the "cessation of all movements" for two weeks in the largest city Lagos and capital Abuja to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Kano -
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast, military and security sources said on Tuesday.
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Lagos -
A gas explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Sunday killed at least 15 people, injured many more and destroyed around 50 buildings, emergency services said.Houses, lorries, cars and motorbikes were torched in the blast.
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An outspoken ruler mired in conflicts is ousted without warning from his palace and banished under armed guard into an uncertain exile beyond the borders of his realm.
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Lagos -
Residents of Nigeria's economic hub Lagos scrambled for hygiene products Friday, after the chaotic megacity of 20 million announced the first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Lagos -
Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Geneva -
Almost 8,000 people have fled into Nigeria from Cameroon in the past two weeks to escape clashes between the security forces and armed separatists, the UN refugee agency said Thursday.
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Maiduguri -
Jihadists killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in northeast Nigeria's restive Borno state, a regional government spokesman said on Monday.
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Lagos -
Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants.
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Washington -
The United States and Nigeria voiced hope Tuesday that the Trump administration would soon lift onerous visa restrictions slapped on Africa's most populous country, which said it was "blindsided" by its ally.
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Washington -
Nigeria is set to receive around $308 million seized from former military dictator Sani Abacha under a deal backed by the United States and the island of Jersey, US prosecutors said Monday.
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Washington -
US President Donald Trump has imposed immigration restrictions on people from six more countries, triggering claims from rights groups that he is expanding a controversial policy dubbed the “Muslim ban."
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Maiduguri -
The bus driver sensed straight away that he and his six passengers were in trouble when the gunmen, dressed in Nigerian army uniforms, stopped their vehicle at a checkpoint.
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Lagos -
Four Chinese sailors who were kidnapped last month in the port of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, have been released, the Chinese consulate in Lagos said.
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Anka -
Haruna Hasaman knew she only had moments to get away when the roar of motorbikes ruptured the quiet of her village in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria.She scrambled for her five children and fled just as the gunmen screeched in and opened fire.
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Kano -
Three soldiers have been killed in intense fighting between Nigeria's army and jihadists over a key northeastern garrison town, a security source said Wednesday.
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Abuja -
Nigeria's former national defence advisor, who was arrested in 2015 for allegedly stealing $2 billion, has been freed from jail after several court rulings ordering his release, a security official said Wednesday.
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Washington -
The United States on Friday lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations as it issued warnings to Nigeria, Cuba and Nicaragua.
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Port Harcourt -
"They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.
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Sheik Umar Khan, the head doctor fighting an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, one of a growing list of medical workers infected while battling to halt its spread across West Africa Secular Talk
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A ram eventually brought down for slaughter after much struggle
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Assistant Inspector General of Police in Nigeria, Azubuko Udah in charge of Lagos and Ogun States.
Ore-Ofe Estate, Elew-Odo, Ibadan
Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, tasks VOA Hausa Service on balanced coverage of Boko Haram Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture
National Health Sector Coalition retreat at Obudu December 1st -4th, 2011 Mountain Resort Nigeria to build stakeholder consensus for the National Health Bill 2011 led by an NGO in Nigeria called the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) Dr. Ohanyido is in white caftan.
A Nigerian at the cybercafe
Nigeria is now monitoring 198 people and has 10 confirmed Ebola virus cases. Screen grab
Bountiful harvest of gifts for the celebrant.
A panoramic view of the event hall
A typical Buruli ulcer on the left hand of a 17-year-old boy in Nigeria. CDC/Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Number 5.
Shoppers at the Palms Mall, Lagos. Nigeria has a fast growing middle class in major urban centers Tbite
Women preparing meat to be shared from the festival
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